Trustworthy, administrator
11,886
edits
Changes
→5764 in preservation: additional history
==5764 in preservation==
The [[Severn Valley Railway Association | SVRA]] Kidderminster Branch set up a fund in 1970 to acquire one of the last three pannier tanks still in use at London Transport. Final negotiations were handled by [[Sir Gerald Nabarro]] and [[Richard Dunn]] as the Branch Committee considered a tender backed by the Company might be looked upon more favourably. The tender proved successful, with L95 (5764 ) being acquired by the [[SVR Pannier Tank Fund]] of the Kidderminster Branch on 24 May 1971.<ref name=SVR177>SVR News 177, 'Forty Years of Pannier Tank 5764', Peter Hudson</ref> On Sunday 6 June 1971, L95 was successfully purchased scheduled to take part in an event billed as 'Farewell to Steam on the (London) Underground' together with the other two panniers L94 (7752) and L90 (7760). In the event L94 worked the 'Last Steam Train on the Underground' from Moorgate to Neasden Depot, while L90 provided working demonstrations within the Depot. L95 was not steamed as the locomotive had been found several months earlier to have a slipped tyre which had been 'spot welded' to keep it operational.<ref name=SVR177/> 5764 was moved by road to Bridgnorth, arriving on 19 June 1971 and entering service still in LT livery the same year.<ref name = "SB9"/> An indication of how quickly it entered service may be judged by the lighting of a fire in the engine whilst it was being unloaded from the low-loader.<gallerymode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">
S7609_5764_L95_David_Cooke.jpg | Arrival of 5764 (David Cooke)
</gallery>
In early 1977 a slipped tyre led to 5764 being withdrawn from service.<Ref>SVR News 44</ref> In summer 1978, SVR News announced that another pannier, [[GWR Pannier 3612 | 3612]], had been acquired from [[Barry Scrapyard | Barry]] to provide new wheels for 5764 as well as a spare boiler for 5764 and 7714.<ref>SVR News 48</ref> After re-profiling on the [[Bridgnorth Loco Works# Machine Shop | Noble and Lund wheel lathe]], the new wheels were installed and the locomotive re-painted in time for a return to service in mid-1979. One of the first duties was for the filming of the BBC TV series [[God's Wonderful Railway]] that year.<ref>SVR News 51-53</ref> In the following year she performed in Granada TV's [[The Good Soldier]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I26ciWs1Gjo The Good Soldier, Youtube] (Retrieved 18 February 2017)</ref>
On 20 June 2018 5764 was moved from storage in Kidderminster Carriage Shed to be put back on display in [[The Engine House]]. A move to Bridgnorth for a cosmetic repaint then took place on 16 November 2018.<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=216&start=60 SVR-Online Forum]</ref> 5764 moved to the Engine House in her LT guise as L95 in March 2019.<ref>The Railway Magazine, January 2019, p. 8</ref>
<gallerymode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">
File:5764_Broadway_20130525.jpg | 5764 at Broadway in May 2013
</gallery>
